CMSC 33340

Grid Computing

Prerequisites: Substantial programming experience

Catalog Description: The new Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) defines interfaces and protocols that promise to make it far easier to construct decentralized, dynamic, large-scale systems. We explore and evaluate this technology by using it to develop a range of scalable distributed services. We use the Globus Toolkit, an open source implementation of key OGSA standards, to design and build services. We then evaluate our implementations from the perspectives of performance and programmability.

Long Description: Class Web: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~foster/CMSC23340

Instructors: Ian Foster
Quarter offered: Winter. Not offered 2009-10; will be offered in 2010-11.
Last Verified by Ian Foster on 5 January, 2005.